Table 3.
Top ingredients accessed on TOXBASE in 1996–2000.
| Position in year (total number of products accessed) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingredient name | 1996 (67 274) | 1997 (81 358*) | 1998 (71 605*) | 1999 (123 579*) | 2000 (190 223) | Number of accesses in 2000 (% of total) |
| Paracetamol | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 668 (11.4) |
| Detergents/surfactants (not cationic) | 11 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5276 (2.8) |
| Salicylate | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5194 (2.7) |
| Ibuprofen | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5057 (2.7) |
| Codeine | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4690 (2.5) |
| Zopiclone | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3804 (2.0) |
| Diazepam | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3693 (1.9) |
| Fluoxetine | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3198 (1.7) |
| Caffeine | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3023 (1.6) |
| Paroxetine | 14 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2997 (1.6) |
| Thioridazine | 15 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2912 (1.5) |
| Ethanol | 23 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 2800 (1.5) |
| Petroleum distillates | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 2722 (1.4) |
| Dothiepin | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 2710 (1.4) |
| Sodium hypochlorite | 24 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 2604 (1.4) |
| Ecstasy | 18 | 24 | 32 | 22 | 16 | 2598 (1.4) |
| Dextropropoxyphene | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 2390 (1.3) |
| Amitriptyline | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 2271 (1.2) |
| Dihydrocodeine | 13 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 2298 (1.2) |
| Menthol | 19 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 2064 (1.1) |
*
Estimated because 39 days (11%), 9 days (2%) and 91 days (25%) data were lost in 1997, 1998 and 1999, respectively, due to loss of computer statistics on the backup computer. This is not likely to affect rank order of accesses.